Developments in Donald Trumps ongoing legal battles. In a newly unsealed brief in response to the supreme Courts President ial Immunity Ruling, special Counsel Jack Smith gives us the clearest view yet of his 2020 Election Interference Case against the former president. Smith asserts trump acted as a private candidate and not as president , when he tried to overturn the Election Results and resorted to crimes to stay in office. It also provides new evidence about Trumps Phone Usage and the conversations he had on the 6th Of January, as the riots were unfolding at the capitol. Quote, beginning at about 150. 30 p. M. , the defendant settled in the Dining Room off of the oval office. He spent the afternoon there reviewing twitter on his phone, while the Dining Room television played Fox News contemporaneous coverage of events at the capitol. Citing testimony, the filing says that when trump was informed his Vice President had to be rushed to a secure location after trump attacked pence in
Middle east very closely. The united states is committed to Israels Defense. We are watching developments, as i said, very carefully this morning. U. S. Officials tell Nbc News they expect this iranian response to involve more fire power. Israel is trying to push hezbollah forces north. The israeli defense Forces Spokesperson announced israel uncovered Hezbollah Tunnels in Southern Lebanon. One of the buildings that our troops raided, we found proof of this. This is a map that hezbollah planned to give its terrorists at the time of a widescale invasion of israel. It was to cover out a massacre in israels north. Joining me from jerusalem is nbcs Erin Mclaughlin. Also with is monica alba. Monica, what are you hearing from the White House . The State Department ordered all u. S. Government employees and their families to shelter in place and that this is supposed by in response to the killing of nasrallah on friday in a massive Air Strike by israel as well as previous fronts to hezbollah
And yet another indictment for former president trump. And more than 100 Million People are under a severe storm threat this morning. Well tell you the areas most at risk. Good morning and welcome to our viewers in the u. S. And around the world. Im rahel solomon. Great to be with you. The officials in hawaii raised the death toll to 96. Already it is the deadliest wildfire in more than a century. Officials say the lahaina fire is 85 contained. A lawsuit has been filed against the main power company. The company kept its lines energized despite dangerously high winds. The cause of the fires has not been determined. The high winds drove the fire to spread at the stunning speed of nearly a mile a minute. In the wake of widespread criticism, the state has launched a formal review of the Emergency Response including why a Warning Siren system wasnt activated. In the meantime they are being given permission to be allowed back into the town and homes. Reporter this is the only checkpoint for
jennifer crumbley, the mother of the teenager who shot four classmates to death in 2021 and the worst school shooting in michigan s history took the stand. she is charged with involuntary manslaughter testing the limits of who might be found responsible for a mass shooting and her testimony today was shocking. i have asked myself if i would have done anything differently and i wouldn t have. if you could change what happened, would you? oh absolutely. i wish he would have killed us instead. imagine a mother saying that she wishes her own son would have killed her and his father saying if given the chance, she wouldn t have done anything differently. meanwhile, her defense attorney indicating that she and her client don t necessarily meet eye to eye or see eye to eye about how to handle the rest of the case. specifically who should testify. she told the judge, to speak more with crumbley and tonight, take an in-depth look. the question, should a parent be held responsi
happened, what? you absolutely. i wish he killed us instead. imagine a mother saying she wishes her own son would have killed her and his father, saying, if given the chance she wouldn t have done anything differently. meanwhile her defense attorney indicating she and her clients don t necessarily meet i die or see i die about how to handle the rest of the case, specifically on who ought to testify in favor of the defense. she will go to the jail tonight, she told the judge to speak more with crumbley. tonight we will take an in- depth look at the arguments and evidence so far, and the big question in all of this, should a parent be held responsible for the crimes of their child? joining me now, joey jackson and elliott williams. i m so glad you are both here today. we have been waiting for the moment she would take the stand. they announced the trial was happening she did testify. elliott, she was asked about the weapon, an important moment, about who purchased it, wha